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THE COGNITIVE IMPLICATIONS OF STUDIES ON FACIAL ASYMMETRY: A GENERAL DISCUSSION
Author(s) -
Bruyer Raymond
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207599008247859
Subject(s) - psychology , neuropsychology , cognition , cognitive psychology , facial expression , object (grammar) , cognitive neuropsychology , field (mathematics) , cognitive science , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , computer science , communication , mathematics , pure mathematics
This General Discussion surveys studies on asymmetry and neuropsychological deficits in the production of several kinds of facial activities, with the main purpose of scrutinizing the field in search of its contribution to neuropsychology considered as a particular domain (or method) of cognitive psychology. In this respect, four points are emphasized: the object of research (cognitive processes, not brain mechanisms), the information‐processing approach of a complex process of which the facial behavior is only the overt end‐product, the specificity of mechanisms underlying facial expression, and the single‐case methodology.